전통 유학 교육의 배움(學)과 그 현대 고등교육에서의 가치

Abstract

This study is an analysis of the significance in learning of traditional eastern education and reports of its merit in modern education. In traditional eastern education, whose course consists of the Analects of Confucius, the Mencius, and the Great Learning, it aims at learning wherein knowledge and practice are well balanced. With balanced learning, human beings not only pursue self-perfection, it also establishes the basis for a righteous life. Furthermore, by preserving the true worth of human nature, humans find priceless presence for themselves and expand the scope to others and society, defining the eligible for desirable human being. This learning has significance to current education that only focuses on the practicality of learning and obeys it only as a means. Learning in eastern tradition suggests a crucial clue to figure out the underlying reason for problems held in Korean higher education and finds the significance and directivity for desirable learning.